Amusement apparatus



March 1, 1927. 1,619,580

E. M L. LONG AMUSEMENT APPARATUS Filed Dec. 16, 1925 ATTORNEY PatentedMar. 1, 1927.

UNl'l'ED STATES EUGENE MGLEAN LONG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS.

Application filed December The object of my invention is to provide anapparatus of this class which may be placed on a rug, or in any otherconvenient location, and used as target so that a ball may be rolled, asa golf ball, and a. score in- Figure l is a perspective view of oneembodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 8 is a sectional view, taken on the line 38 of Figure 2, lookingin the direction of the arrows.

Figure at is a perspective view of a detached part.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

My improved apparatus 1 consists of two plates 2 and 3 which are rivetedtogether by rivets 4 or held in fixed relation in any other suitablemanner. lVhere these plates overlap they are separated by a fabric orother flexible strips 5 which is secured tightly by the rivets, or inany other desired manner, and each strip extends clear of the parts 2and 3 where it is fixed to a strip of metal, or other suitable material6, shaped, as shown in Figure 4, that with one end '7 under the tab 5,and this is bent round and back upon itself and over the tab 5, asindicated at 8, and thence upwardly and latl erally, as indicated at 9,and the parts 7 and 8 are connected with the tab 5 by a rivet 10 whichholds the parts securely one with another. These angles 6 may be made ofany color or colors desired and are preferably provided on one face witha numeral or other designating mark, as indicated at 11. Preferably theplates 2 and 3 have a circle 12 which is colored and marked thereonwhich can indicate the hole of a putting green so as to simulate moreclosely the conditions on the links, or it can indicate the bulls eye ofa target, with the tabs on either side col ored to represent the ringsof a target.

When the device is in use, a ball 13- is propelled in any suitablemanner as by a blow from a golf club, across the floor 1e Serial No.75,764.

which supports it and from thence, as indicated by the arrows, up on theplate 2 and up on the part 9 of the movable member 6 and when thisoccurs, the momentum of the ball and its weight causes the end definedby the parts '7 and 8 to come down and the end defined by the plate 9 tocome up thereby indicating a.character 11 on the under side of the plate9 which may be used for the purpose of scoring. If the ball shouldstrike two of the moving parts and raise two scores, only the higher oneshould be counted, or perhaps only the lower one or a number between thetwo, depending on the rules of the game.

lVliile I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it isobvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enoughto cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an amusement apparatus, a base, angular, movable membersconnnected to said base by a flexible means and so arranged and disposedthat they may be shifted by a ball passing over the apparatus and theshifted movable members then indicate a score.

2. An amusement apparatus having two overlapping plates securedtogether, flexible strips secured between the overlapping parts of saidplates and angular members secured to said flexible strips, said memberseach having two parts, one adapted to lie horizontally and the other torest in a vertical position so that when a ball passes over any one ofthese angular members the vertical part becomes horizontal and thehorizontal part becomes vertical.

3. An amusement apparatus having two overlapping plates securedtogether, flexible strips secured between the overlapping parts of saidplates, angular members secured to said flexible strips, said memberseach having two parts, one adapted to lie horizontally and the other torest in a vertical position so that when a ball passes over any one ofthese angular members the vertical part becomes horizontal and thehorizontal part becomes vertical and means for indicating a score onsaid angular members.

4. An amusement apparatus having two overlapping plates securedtogether, flexible strips secured between the overlapping parts of saidplates, angular members secured to said flexible strips, said memberseach having two parts, one adapted to lie horizontally and the other torest in a vertical position so that when a ball passes over any one ofthese angular members the vertical part becomes horizontal and thehorizontal part becomes vertical and a circle indicated on said baseadjacent to one angular member.

5. An amusement apparatus having two overlapping plates securedtogether, flexible strips secured between the overlapping parts of saidplates, angular members secured to said flexible strips, said memberseach having two parts, one adapted to lie horizontally and the other torest in a vertical position so that when a ball passes over any one ofthese angular members the vertical part be comes horizontal and thehorizontal part becomes vertical, means for indicating a score on saidangular members and a circle indicated on said base adjacent to oneangular member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day ofDecember, 1925.

EUGENE McLEAN LONG.

